Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 10918. 
The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 
held on Wednesday, the 6th February, 1918, at 9-15 p.m. 
H. H. Haypen, Esq., C.I.E., D.Sc., B-A., F.BS., B.A.L., 
F.G.S., F.A.S.B., President, in the chair. 
The following members were present :— 
Dr. N. Annandale, Dr. P. J. Bruhl, Mr. E. Brunetti, Mr. 
J. A. Chapman, Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri, Dr. W. A. K. Christie, 
iss M. L. Cleghorn, Mr. H. C. Das-Gupta, Rev. Father E. 
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Panton, LCS. . Mr. A. Raffin, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad 
Shastri, C.I.E. Aga Muhammad Kazim Shirazi, Maharaja 
Visitors :—Mr. N. A. Burnes, Mrs. J. A. Chapman, Miss 0. 
Cleghorn, Miss B. M. Cooper, Mr. F. J. Hartog, Babu Madhusu- 
dan Kaul, Pandit Babua Misra, Mr. R. Muir, Mr. Baine Prashad, 
Mr. H. Scholfield, Mr. M. Sharp, Lieut.-Col. E. G. Vaughan. 
The President ordered the distribution of the voting papers 
for the election of Officers and Members of Council for 1918, 
and appointed Mr. E. Vredenburg and Aga Muhammad Kazim 
Shirazi to be scrutineers. 
The President also ordered the distribution of the voting 
papers for the election of Fellows of the Society and appointed 
Dr. A. Meerwarth and Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri to be scrutineers. 
The President announced that the Elliott Prize for Scienti- 
fic Research for the year 1917 will not be awarded as no Essays 
had been recieved in competition. 
The Annual Report was then presented. 
